San Francisco Short Film Festival

Rules and Regulations:

Every film up to 30 minutes long can register in the SAN FRANCISCO SHORT FILM FESTIVAL.

No work or artist will be either discriminated or favored by their country of origin, language, age, race, education, ideology, or by their economic resources. Every content, every form, every technique will be admitted with no censorship of any kind.

The films will be received in its original language. English subtitles are required if its language is other than English.

For equality of opportunities, whichever the original format (film, analogical video, digital video, animation), all the films will be evaluated in the same standard digital format.

Films may be uploaded by Internet or a DVD can be sent by regular mail to the technical provider address.
Digital Format: you can upload the film following our technical guidelines, directly in the screening format, or in other accepted digital formats, including DVD.
If necessary, the technical provider of the Annual Program Without Frontiers will process the movies for converting them to the screening format.

Every film will be displayed for the Committee of Art and the Jury of the Festival.
The producer, director or responsible for the film will have the option to authorize or not the public online screening of that film. Nonpublic films have equal rights and opportunities for Selection and Awards, although they will not be screened for the festival's audience.

The Committee of Art of the Program will see the films for selection purposes. The Committee of Art can also determine Special Mentions.

The Jury of the Festival will award the following Categories: Screenplay, Direction, Actor and Actress Performances, Art, Photography, Editing, and Integral Realization. In addition to the Prizes by Category, the Jury will grant the Special Prize to the Best Short Film.

The Awards will be announced by Internet and distributed by International Press Media.

The films included in the Official Selection will be screened online at the Festival's site, only with the exception of non-authorized ones.

The Committee of Art reserves the right to select and to invite any of the films registered, to the Annual Gala Ceremony or other events and media.

Announcement of the Awards is scheduled for June 30th. In order to participate in the Festival, films bear an entry fee of USD 20.
The late deadline for registration is March 31st.

Participation in the SAN FRANCISCO SHORT FILM FESTIVAL implies the acceptance of these Rules and Regulations.